Our favorite amateur boxer Pauls Pokémon NFT tanked

[zorloth]

@hisoka107

Has anybody ever heard of the milgram experiment? A lot of people will do a lot of things if they think they’re being told to by an authority figure. And today’s world and influencer wields nearly the same amount of pressure that someone in a previous traditional authoritative role would wield.

I think there’s a potential behind nft’s and crypto. However, it feels like nfts are being abused by artists and influencers

100% this. The fact is that celebrities have influence. And people with influence should wield it responsibly. A celebrity advising his/her audience to “invest” in NFTs is highly irresponsible (and unethical, IMO).

[rainbow]

@KingPokemon

@slippingjimmy

Not everybody is as good at handling money as you. There are a lot of impressionable people out there getting in serious trouble by jumping on these kind of hype stuff. It’s very safe to assume that people like Our favorite amateur boxer and his management know that and therefore ‘prey’ on them for their own benefit. This can be seen as immoral.

And there’s donut shops with people dying from obesity every day,
And there’s casinos where some people lose everything.
And there’s liquor departments where some people abuse and die.
And there’s auto dealerships that sell cars that kill.
Virtually there’s gamers who go deep into debt buying swords and whatever.

Yes, some people spend too much on everything so just shut everything down. We’ll all live under the slipping jimmy or gottaketchum agenda because they think we all must give up sweets or gambling or drinking or cars or gaming just because a few can’t deal with them.

It’s lunch time here. I’ll keep this short.
Those examples outlined above are industries that are heavily regulated. This means there are tight rules about what companies and individuals can and cannot do. Regulations can’t and certainly don’t fix everything. But they are there to help people be both safer or at worst, be better informed. Can the same be said for NFTs?

Back to LP though.
There was definitely negligence in the way LP presented his NFTs to his followers.An extremely large portion of Pokemon’s demographic is children. Yet there he is spruiking his adjacent products as investments and implanting the idea that NFTs are the next gold rush.
I don’t recall hearing him warning minors against purchasing or participating etc. Yet he would have to expect that young and impressionable minds were watching. They are what make up a huge amount of his followers.
The whole cross promotion thing was gross.

[KingPokemon]

@hisoka107

So as long as it benefits your friends yourself and your charity it’s all good no matter how many pigs get led to the slaughter lol.

it was definitely one thing to see all these folks joke on the Pokemon train and sell their audience on it now it’s nfts and cryptos I just can’t wait to see what the next thing all these influencer, celebrities, musicians find next to sell to their audience as the next big investment to join before it’s too late

Uhm no. As long as people can do what they want and not be directed by hisoka then I’m good.

[admiral]

I mean, if you cant mislead your fans into giving you millions, what is the point in being a celebrity?

[fourthstartcg]

I think this discussion has more than run its course.